Box display cover



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CHARLES F. SCHNEBELIN, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

BOX DISPLAY COVER.

Application filed August 14, 1922. Serial No. 581,612.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that CHARLES F. Sci-inner- LIN, citizen of the United States of America, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box Display Covers, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to display covers and more particularly" to a demountable display frame adapted to be placed over the open end of a carton or box of bakery goods.

The object of my invention comprises a particular manner of mounting the glass in the display frame so that it may be readily detached when broken and a new one replaced.

The display frame is adapted to be used for a succession of cartons of fresh bakery goods or the like and, although the frame itself is made of metal and therefore not easily damaged, the display glass therein is quite often broken. For this reason I have prepared a simple means in connection with the display cover which requires but a single' auxiliary part to fasten the glass securely in said frame and, in case of breakage to permit it to be readily removed and a new pane replaced.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1, is a plan of the display cover.

Figure 2, is a cross sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3, is a perspective view; of the display frame mounted on a conventional carton or box.

Figure 4, is an enlarged detail of my particular clamping member.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail showing a perspective view of my detachable clamping member and its relation to the display frame.

Referring to th drawings:

I have referred in Figure 3 to the carton or box member as B. This carton or box is of conventional and standard size and adapted to fit the detachable display frame in which my invention is included.

The display frame itself has the frame or side portions 10 which lit over the upper edge of the carton. They are flared or tensioned slightly in order to provide a close fitting cover for the box containing the' goods to be displayed. A ridge 11 projects slightly above the side members and upon one side thereof is a hinge member 12 which engages the cover member 12. The cover 12 has the conventional downwardly flaredside portions 13 which abut the side or frame members 10 and provide ready means for raising the cover.

Cover or lid 12 is stamped from any metal adaptable for this particular use, and at 1% there is provided either a cut out portion or merely an indented one cap able of having fitted therein some advertising matter, such as the name of the concern selling the goods within the carton.

The large display opening 15* is left when the lid is originally stamped, but the surrounding edge thereof is flared slightly inward as shown at 16 Atthe same time the display opening is cut or stamped out there are also left projecting flaps 15 at the top of the cover and 16 at the lower part of the opening, and these flaps as shown in Figures 23 and 5 are bent backward against the adjacent portion of the lid, however not entirely there against, as shown at 17 in Figure 2.

In the drawings the portions 15 are not easily 'discernable and, as a matter of fact, any attaching means might be used.

At 18 there is combined a small display member and holder member for the upper portion of the glass 19. This. display holder member comprises a stamped member having an attachment end 20 capable of seating tightly beneath the flaps 15 as shown in Figure 2. As may be seen in Figure 1 the outer end of this holder member projects beneath the upper end of the lid and is formed in such manner that a small display card may be inserted therein. This card is inserted from the rear into opening 21. This display, card may refer to the particular kind of goods contained in the carton and should the character of the goods be changed, a new card may be readily inserted.

It may be seen in Figure 2 that, due to the particular folding of this display member there is an opening formed between said member and the bent flaps 15 capable of receiving in a tension manner the upper end of the glass 19. Other means for receiving the upper end of the glass might readily be used such as an ordinary flap, in case it was not desirable to use the auxiliary display portion. As shown in Figure 5 the flaps 16 are relatively spaced and their reardue to this op- 7 portions 23 spaced relatively to the engaging member 16 and adapted to be seated thereunder by a. manual operation. This clamping member is formed in such manner that it provides a receiving slot for the lower end of the glass 19 and, due to the inner projections 23 engaging the flaps 16 and forcing the glass against the portion 2 1 of the clamp, a tensioned positioning of the glass is obtained.

It may be readily seen that the tensioning of the, glass 19 is obtained by manually forcing the clamping member in a sidewise direction to engage the flaps 16 and, inasmuch as the rear side of the clamping memberis abutting the lower end of the cover or lid, the only possible way that the glass can be removed is by the release of the clamping member from engagement with said flaps.

W'heneverit is desired to place a glass in the display cover it is inserted from the rear as shown in Figure 2, the upper end inserted beneath the tensioned holder 18, and the detached clamping member placed about the lower end thereof. The lower end of the glass is then forced against the outer edges of the flaps 16 and the clamping member moved sidewardly with the projections 23 under the members 16, thereby forcing them slightly outward acting in such manner as to clamp the glass tightly against the port-ion 24 of the clamp.

hat I claim is: I

1. A box display cover 'comprisin a frame adapted to close the open end of a box, a hinged cover therefor, means for detachably mounting a transparent pane therein, including an upper tensioned holder member, spaced rearwardly bent flap members at the lower side of said cover, and aclamping member surrounding the lower edge of the pane and including thereon relatively spaced engagement members adapted to underlie said flap members.

2. A box display cover comprising a. frame adapted to close the open end of a box, a hinged cover therefor, means for detachably mounting a transparent pane therein, including a fixed holder member, spaced flaps at opposite sides of the cover, and a detachable clamping member surrounding the edge of the transparent pane and adapted to engage the flap members to positively locate said pane in the cover.

3. A box display cover adapted to close the open end of a box, comprising a fixed holder member at the upper side of the cover adjacent the display opening, engagement flaps adjacent the lower edge thereof, and a detachable clamping member surrounding the lower edge of the glass and abutting at its outer side the lower edge of the cover, said clamping member by a manual operation being adapted to engage the flap members and positively locate the transparent pane.

4. A box display adapted to close the open end of a box, and comprising means for detachably mounting a transparent pane therein, including a fixed holder member :11 one side thereof, a tensioned flap upon the opposite side, and av detachable clan'ipimr member adapted to surround the lower edge of the transparent pane and to engage the flap member with the result that a tensioned mounting of said pane will be obtained.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES F. SCHNEBELIN. 

